Casey's General Store Renovation Underway at 3750 Lamar Ave

Casey's General Store's Paris project at 3750 Lamar Ave is moving through its construction window. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registered the work as Project No. TABS2026018563 on April 24, 2026, classifying it as a renovation and alteration of an existing building rather than a new build. The registration lists an estimated project cost of $550,000, with construction scheduled from July 27, 2026 through January 27, 2027.

The recorded scope is a full interior remodel: new walk-in coolers, kitchen rework, and Americans with Disabilities Act improvements. The site at 3750 Lamar Ave previously housed other convenience and fuel operations, most recently a CEFCO and a Food Fast convenience store, so the Casey's project represents a national operator redeploying an established corner on one of Paris's highest-traffic commercial streets.

Why a renovation beats a rumor

The difference between a demolition-and-rebuild and a renovation matters for underwriting. A renovation of an existing convenience site with new coolers, a reworked kitchen, and ADA upgrades is a capital commitment of roughly half a million dollars on an incumbent corner, which means a national chain believes the location is worth keeping and upgrading rather than repositioning. It shortens the timeline to an open store and reduces the risk that the project stalls, since the building shell is already in place.

When the store opens, it adds daily fuel and food traffic to the Lamar Avenue corridor, the same retail spine that carries the Walmart Supercenter, Paris Towne Center, and a growing list of national names. Convenience traffic compounds: shoppers stop for fuel, then adjacent businesses, and the added trips raise the visibility and lease demand of nearby commercial spaces.

What it means for 1905 E Price St

The property at 1905 E Price St sits between the Lamar Avenue retail corridor and the medical district, with dual road frontage in a Multi-Family Dwelling District. A Casey's open on Lamar Avenue during its renovated first year would extend the pattern that already underpins the building's demand case: national operators paying real money for central Paris locations, supported by the same traffic base that a multi-family, medical, wellness, or hospitality tenant at 1905 E Price St would draw from.